Elderberry liqueur?
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This is in the articles section.... http://www.bushcraftuk.com/articles/food--cooking/elderberry-cordial.html
Its not alcoholic but im sure it would be very nice!
Im going to have a go myself!
My advice is not to overdo the elderberries, they have a very distinct taste that can be tannin heavy and over rich, almost medicinal if you use too many. So, maybe a third of the amount of blackberries you'd need in a liqueuer perhaps
SWMBO and I have two jars sitting in a dark place right now! We were a bit dissappointed with the amount of berries we foraged this year, but we didn't have much time and were a bit early for the bushes around us.
We just made a very sweet schnapps recipe. Real schnapps isn't overly sweet, but I have a sweet tooth!
Make sugar syrup by gently heating two portions of water to one portion sugar.
We used jars:
Fill a fifth of the jar with washed, black, well sorted dry and stem free berries.
Put in as much sugar syrup as you think you might stomach, I put in enough to cover the berries, you can add more to taste later.
Fill remaining 4/5th with vodka. Within 3 days the booze had taken on a dark colour. Withing a week it was very deep red and had nice cherry notes when I 'tested it'. It should improve.
I'm thinking about putting it through a filter at the end (a month should be about right), but will probably just sieve out the berries. Any thoughts anyone?
Not a proper recipe but it seems to be working out nicely.
We just made a very sweet schnapps recipe. Real schnapps isn't overly sweet, but I have a sweet tooth!
Make sugar syrup by gently heating two portions of water to one portion sugar.
We used jars:
Fill a fifth of the jar with washed, black, well sorted dry and stem free berries.
Put in as much sugar syrup as you think you might stomach, I put in enough to cover the berries, you can add more to taste later.
Fill remaining 4/5th with vodka. Within 3 days the booze had taken on a dark colour. Withing a week it was very deep red and had nice cherry notes when I 'tested it'. It should improve.
I'm thinking about putting it through a filter at the end (a month should be about right), but will probably just sieve out the berries. Any thoughts anyone?
Not a proper recipe but it seems to be working out nicely.
Yup I ran out of sloes one year and my buddy and i decided to try elederberries in the left over gin...
it was awful...ended up not using it until we had a crazy gathering and ran out of drink... 
